If they make you feel like you don't matter....

I can say no, I can say yes, or I can say nothing.
And even if I don't speak, I still say something.

I can be scared, I can be fearless or I can be inbetween.
I can be anything I want becasue it is who I am being.

I can run, I can hide, or I can face things head on.
I have a right as a person and for that I am not wrong.

I have a before, I have a present, I have an after.
I have myself and I know that I matter.

If someone belittles me, it's something I only recognize.
Because if they do it in the first place, it's about their own size.

If someone takes advantage of me, it's something I correct.
If I don't remember my own value, of course they will forget.

I can hold back or I can bear my soul for the world to see.
I can do anything because I trust in me.

I can stay in a corner or I can find the stage.
I can write my own story and flip my own page.

If someone does not like me, I cannot stress their dislike.
I will never be anyone else but myself in this life.

If someone hurts my feelings, I will not hurt theirs back.
Feelings are emotions, they are not meant to attack.

I live my life like you live yours.
I may see windows and you may see doors.

I may see color and you may see black.
We all see differently and there is nothing wrong with that.

See, I matter and if you don't think I do - that's just how you feel.
I live in a world of self value, a place some may not think is real.

I was taght to not be arrogant and some may think this is.
And if you do, take a moment and think about this.

Am I wrong for loving myself, for valuing the person I am today?
If so, when was self worth thrown away?

Because I have self worth, I hope you do too.
And because I value myself, I value you.

People are different and that was by no mistake.
And I was made this way - I am a destined fate.

To anyone and everyone who has been told they do not matter,
Take the first step and climb your own personal ladder.

For it is now what they think of you, it's what you think of you.
And when you think highly of yourself, who cares what they do.

The moment you realize you matter is the moment anyone that thinks you don't is silenced and shattered.
Because at that moment you realize they never really mattered.